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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 120.27 Cr
More than 83.88 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.33%
10,549 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Case load stands at 1,10,133
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 12 days
With the administration of 83,88,824 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 120.27 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,24,56,121 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,83,059
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2nd Dose
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94,47,649
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,77,537
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2nd Dose
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1,64,07,467
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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45,05,30,789
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2nd Dose
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20,77,73,074
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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18,27,51,818
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2nd Dose
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11,58,74,508
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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11,44,49,607
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2nd Dose
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7,67,08,151
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Total
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1,20,27,03,659
The recovery of 9,868 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,39,77,830.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.33% which is highest since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 152 consecutive days now.
10,549 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload presentlystands at 1,10,133.Active cases presently constitute 0.32% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,81,246 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 63.71 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.89% remains less than 1% for the last 12 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 0.89%. The Daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 53 days and below 3% for 88 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Defence
Search and Rescue - IFB Rabah off New Mangalore
Indian Navy deploys INS Nireekshak for underwater search
Consolidating the ongoing Search and Rescue efforts for the missing fishermen at sea off the coast of New Mangalore, the specialised Diving Support Vessel - INS Nireekshak was pressed into action by Indian Navy to undertake deep sea diving operations using specialised equipment and naval divers on 16 Apr 21. The ship was able to recover three bodies the same day and handed them over to local authorities at New Mangalore on 17 April 2021. The ship is continuing with the next phase of underwater search operations in the area to locate the remaining six missing fishermen.
Indian Navy ships Subhadra and Tillangchang, along with naval aircraft from Naval Air Station in Goa had been deployed since 14 Apr 21 for the Search and Rescue of missing fishermen after the Indian Fishing Boat Rabah had collided with Singapore registered vessel MV APL Le Havre, 41 Nautical Miles west of New Mangalore on 13 April 2021. Out of the 14 crew members onboard the fishing vessel, two crew members were rescued immediately post collision by the Master of MV APL Le Havre whilst three dead bodies were recovered subsequently in the search.
Based on request from the Department of Fisheries, Govt of Tamil Nadu to undertake underwater search operations, Indian Naval Ship Nireekshak - a specialised Diving Support Vessel, was deployed on 15 Apr 21 to search for the remaining crew likely to be trapped inside the submerged boat . The diving team embarked onboard the ship had successfully located the sunken boat on 16 April and subsequently recovered three bodies.
The ship is back in the area to continue with the search for the remaining six missing fishermen.
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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Promotion of Millets
To promote millets in restaurants and hotels, the Ministry of Tourism is taking several steps such as establishment of millet experience centres, create awareness on health benefits about dishes made out of millets amongst Indian and International chefs, meetings with hotel associations and hotel chains. Further, prominent Indian chefs are also encouraged to promote consumption of millets and sensitize on health benefits across all hotel chains and restaurants. The Government is celebrating International Year of Millets -2023 at national, state and district level through organization of events, workshops, seminars, road shows, kisan melas etc., to create domestic & global demand, promote climate resilient crops, enhance production, consumption, export etc., due to their unique properties.
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has taken a proactive multi-stakeholder engagement approach with central government ministries, states/union territories, farmers, start-ups, exporters, retail businesses, hotels, Indian Embassies etc., to achieve the objectives of IYM 2023 and to promote Indian millets globally. Twenty-Four Ministries/ Departments of the central government, all the State Governments and Indian Missions abroad are conducting two-week dedicated activities on millets for improving millets value chain and creating awareness on IYM.
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research , Hyderabad is providing training to the farmers, women farmers, home makers, students and young entrepreneurs on manufacturing of value-added millet food products, daily recipes etc., and supporting them to establish self-enterprise. The institute has developed 67 value-added technologies including “Ready to Eat” and “Ready to Cook” for millet foods, branding of millet foods under “Eatrite” tag, organizing awareness programmes, agri-business incubator, technology business incubators etc.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Education
Union Education Minister and Union Tribal Affairs Minister to jointly launch School Innovation Ambassador Training Program tomorrow
Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Arjun Munda will jointly launch the ‘School Innovation Ambassador Training Program’ for 50,000 School Teachers on 16th July 2021.
The innovative and one of its kind training program for School Teachers , it aims at training 50,000 school teachers on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, IPR, Design Thinking, Product development, Idea generation etc.
The program has been designed by Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education and AICTE for School Teachers based on its “Innovation Ambassador Training Program for Higher Educational Institution’s faculty members”. The training will be delivered in online mode only.
Click the link to see the programme: https://youtu.be/RUIf3TE7OfU
PIB Headquarters
Christmas Vacation for C.A.T
, Ernakulam Bench will remain closed from 26th December to 29th December 2017 on account of Christmas vacation. During the period, the vacation Bench will hold sitting on 27th December at 11.00 a.m. to hear urgent matters. The Registry of the Tribunal will function as usual during the vacation period and will receive only applications of urgent nature between 10. 30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.
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Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in Delhi and Mumbai
Income Tax Department carried out a search and seizure operation on 07.07.2022 on a Delhi and Mumbai based group, engaged in the business of hospitality, marble, lights trading and real estate. A total of 18 premises across Delhi, Mumbai and Daman were covered during the search action.
During the course of the search operation, a large number of incriminating evidences in the form of hard copy documents and digital data have been found and seized. These evidences indicate that the group has parked its undisclosed money abroad in certain low tax jurisdictions. The group, through Malaysia based web of companies, has finally invested the funds in its hospitality business in India. It is estimated that quantum of such funds exceeds Rs. 40 crore.
The evidence gathered indicates that the group has invested in a few companies abroad, which have been incorporated specially for commodity trading. The net worth of one such company including its profits earned has not been disclosed by the group in its ITRs for the relevant period. Further, it has been detected that the promoter of the group has invested in an immovable property in foreign jurisdiction which has also not been disclosed in his Income tax return. Besides these, certain offshore entities, set up for commodity trading, have been identified, which have also not been declared.
The search action also revealed that the group was involved in out-of-books cash sales in its India operations. In its trading business of marble and lights, seized evidences indicate unaccounted cash sales to the extent of 50% to 70% of the total sales. Undisclosed excess stock of Rs. 30 crore has also been found.
In its hospitality business, unaccounted sales have been detected more specifically in banquet division.
So far, undeclared jewellery valued at Rs. 2.5 crore has been seized. Further investigations are in progress.
Prime Minister's Office
PM lauds highest ever GST collection in April 2023
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has called GST revenue collection for April 2023 being highest ever at ₹1.87 lakh crore a "great news for the Indian economy."
Replying to a Finance Ministry tweet, the Prime Minister tweeted :
"Great news for the Indian economy! Rising tax collection despite lower tax rates shows the success of how GST has increased integration and compliance."
Ministry of Defence
VALUE OF INDIGENOUS DEFENCE PRODUCTION
The value of indigenous defence production for Financial Years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 are Rs 84,643 crore and Rs 94,846 crore respectively. To achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ and realise the goal of ‘Make in India’, Government of India has established two Defence Industrial Corridors  in the country, one in Uttar Pradesh and other in Tamil Nadu. Six nodes viz. Agra, Aligarh, Chitrakoot, Jhansi, Kanpur and Lucknow have been identified for developing Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor . Similarly, five nodes viz. Chennai, Coimbatore, Hosur, Salem and Tiruchirappalli have been identified for developing Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor . Government intends to develop defence manufacturing ecosystem having conducive conditions including supply chain for giving push to production and testing & certification to create economies of scale and facilitate development of internationally competitive enterprises in the country.
As per the information received from Government of Uttar Pradesh for UPDIC, 105 Memoranda of Understanding  have been signed with industries/organisations worth potential investments of Rs 12,139 crore. Already, Rs 2,422 crore have been invested in UPDIC. Total 1,608 hectare of land has been acquired for development of UPDIC. Further, as per the information received from Government of Tamil Nadu for TNDIC, arrangements have been made through MoUs etc. for potential investment of Rs 11,794 crore by 53 industries. Already, Rs 3,847 crore have been invested in TNDIC. Total 910 hectare of land has been acquired for development of TNDIC.
The seven new DPSUs carved out of erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board have been incorporated as Government companies  under the Companies Act 2013 in October 2021. Government has taken steps to initially handhold and support these new defence companies in starting their business as corporate entities. In this regard, outstanding indents with erstwhile OFB were grandfathered and converted into deemed contracts valuing about Rs 70,776 crore for the next five years. These deemed contracts provide annual targets for delivery of products. Every year, 60% of amount pertaining to that year’s target would be paid by the Services to the new DPSUs as advance as per the terms and conditions stipulated in the deemed contract. The advances provide the working capital to the newly constituted DPSUs. With more functional and financial autonomy, these new DPSUs are focusing on widening their customer base, including exports to augment the volume of defence production. The DPSUs are pursuing export opportunity through interaction with Defence Attaches at various Indian Embassies and Missions abroad.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Prof Rita Bahuguna Joshi and others in Lok Sabha today.
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1.01 kg gold worth Rs. 48.9 lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs.
Based on intelligence that gold was likely to be smuggled from Dubai, one Abubakkar Sithik, 38 of Ramnathapuram who arrived from Dubai by Fly Dubai flight FZ 8517 was intercepted at exit. On personal search, two bundles of gold paste were found concealed in rectum. On extraction 416 grams of gold valued at Rs.19.9 lakhs was recovered and seized.
In another case, on rummaging of Indigo flight 6E-66, three rectangular heavy pieces wrapped with black adhesive tape in a cotton pouch was recovered from the hollow pipe under one of the seat of the aircraft. On cut opening 6 gold bars of foreign marking each weighing 100 grams was recovered. Total 600 grams of gold valued at Rs. 29 lakhs was seized as unclaimed gold under Customs Act.
Total 1.01 kg gold worth Rs. 48.9 lakhs was seized under Customs Act by Chennai Air Customs.
Further investigation is under progress.
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NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog to host Investors’ Conference for the Holistic Development of Islands
The Conference will attract investments for the development of eco-tourism on PPP basis in Andaman & Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands.
NITI Aayog will host an Investors’ Conference on August 10, 2018 at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra for the Holistic Development of Islands. The Conference will be inaugurated by Shri. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog. It will attract investment for the sustainable development of eco-tourism projects in Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.
The 11 anchor tourism projects are proposed to be implemented with private sector participation under suitable risk-sharing model and through open-competitive bidding. NITI Aayog, along with the respective UT Administration is organizing an Investors’ Conference on 10th August, 2018, with stakeholders.
About the Holistic Development of Islands & Investors’ Conference
Sustainable development of islands and overall maritime development has been accorded high priority by the Government. Island Development Agency  an apex body, under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Home Minister, was constituted in June 2017, while NITI Aayog has been mandated to steer the Holistic Development of Islands program, along with the respective UT administration/ State Governments. Under the said program in the first phase 10 Islands in Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep have been taken up for holistic development.
The IDA has reviewed 11 anchor tourism projects  and several other infrastructure projects, inter-alia, Ro-Ro ferry services, desalination plants, digital connectivity, green energy, for implementation in the first phase for holistic development of these islands. For enhanced connectivity, airport at Diglipur shall be made operational for civilian aircrafts by December 2018, while Agatti airport is being expanded and in-principle clearance has been accorded for greenfield airport at Minicoy.
The said anchor tourism projects have been identified on Government owned land in Smith, Aves, Long, Neil & Little Andaman Islands of Andaman & Nicobar, and in Kadmat, Suheli & Minicoy islands of Lakshadweep. Out of these 11 projects, 7  are in “Ready to Launch” stage. Detailed land survey & demarcation of project sites, carrying capacity assessment of the project islands, CRZ application and pre-feasibility study have been undertaken.
Election Commission
ECI Orders Removal of Sh. Anurag Thakur & Sh. Parvesh Sahib Singh from the list of Star Campaigners of BJP for General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the NCT of Delhi
Election Commission has ordered the removal of Sh. Anurag Thakur and Sh. Parvesh Sahib Singh from the list of star campaigners of Bhartiya Janta Party for the general elections to the Legislative Assembly of the NCT of Delhi with immediate effect and until further orders.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 95.89 Cr
More than 65.86 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.04%; Highest since March 2020
14,313 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload  is 0.63% of Total Cases
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 109 days
With the administration of 65,86,092 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 95.89Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 93,66,392 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,75,424
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2nd Dose
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90,36,583
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,59,259
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2nd Dose
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1,53,98,857
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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38,68,20,261
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2nd Dose
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10,40,73,546
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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16,61,56,424
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2nd Dose
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8,38,76,362
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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10,48,69,202
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2nd Dose
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6,00,12,131
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Total
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95,89,78,049
The recovery of 26,579 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,33,20,057.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.04%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 107 consecutive days now.
14,313 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. This is the lowest recorded daily new cases in 224 days.
The Active Caseload is presently 2,14,900, which is the lowest in 212 days.Active cases presently constitute 0.63% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
11,81,766tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 58.50 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.48% remains less than 3% for the last 109 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be1.21%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below3% for last 43 days and below 5% for 126 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Textiles
A total of 1947 units are operational across the country under Scheme for Integrated Textile Park,
454 units are operational in South Region
With an objective to provide financial assistance to group of entrepreneurs to establish state–of-art infrastructure facilities in a cluster for setting up their textile units, Ministry of Textiles has been implementing Scheme for Integrated Textile Park . The scheme has provisions to support setting up units of textile value chain viz. spinning, weaving, processing and garmenting etc. Under SITP, 1947 units are operational across the country. Out of 1947 units, 454 units are operational in South Region, of which 42 units are operational in the State of Karnataka.
In order to create an integrated workspace and linkages based entrepreneurial ecosystem for  promoting entrepreneurship in apparel manufacturing;  creating additional manufacturing;  generating additional employment opportunities; Scheme for Incubation in Apparel Manufacturing  was launched during the 12th Five Year Plan. During this period three project were approved viz.
1. Incubation Centre in Gwalior;
2. Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing at Bhubaneshwar
3. Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing at Panipat.
Steps taken by the Government to promote apparel manufacturing and its export in the country are:-
 Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for textiles for Man Made Fibre Fabrics & Apparel, and Technical Textiles has been launched in 2021-22. It is expected to attract investment of Rs. 19000 crore for manufacturing of notified product of the sector and will be able to provide employment opportunity for 7.5 lakh persons.
 PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel  Parks Scheme to set up 7 Mega Textiles Manufacturing Parks in the country has also been launched in 2021-22. This will reduce logistics cost and will improve Competitiveness of Indian textile manufacturing. Once completed each park is expected to provide employment to 1 lakh persons directly and 2 lakh persons indirectly.
 In order to make textiles products cost competitive and adopting the principle of zero rated export, the Union Cabinet has given approval for continuation of Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies  on exports of Apparel/Garments  and Made-ups  till 31st March 2024. The other textiles products  which are not covered under the RoSCTL are eligible to avail the benefits, if any, under RoDTEP along with other products.
Apart from this, the Government is also running Schemes viz. Amended Technology Up-gradation Scheme , Integrated Processing Development Scheme , National Technical Textile Mission , etc. for holistic development of textile sector.
This information was given by the Minister of state for Textiles Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
MoU on semiconductor Supply Chain and Innovation Partnership between India and US signed following the Commercial Dialogue 2023
MoU to establish a collaborative mechanism on Semiconductor Supply chain resiliency and diversification
A Memorandum of Understanding  on establishing semiconductor supply chain and innovation partnership under the framework of India – US Commercial Dialogue was signed between the two countries following the Commercial Dialogue 2023 held in New Delhi Delhi today.
On the invitation of Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, the US Secretary of Commerce, Ms Gina Raimondo is on a visit to New Delhi. During this visit, the India-US Commercial Dialogue was re-launched today to discuss cooperation for unlocking new trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.
The MoU seeks to establish a collaborative mechanism between the two governments on Semiconductor Supply chain resiliency and diversification in view of US’s CHIPS and Science Act and India’s Semiconductor Mission.
It aims to leverage complementary strengths of both countries and facilitate commercial opportunities and development of semiconductor innovation ecosystems through discussions on various aspects of semiconductor value chain. The MoU envisages mutually beneficial R&D, talent and skill development.